In Shelbyville, around 200 white nationalists showed up. They held confederate flags, called for closing borders and deporting immigrants, and chanted "white lives matter" and the Nazi slogan "blood and soil." The white nationalist organization League of the South held a sign reading "southern cultural genocide." Someone on the white nationalist side of the protest was arrested for "threatening behavior." However, around 400 counter-protesters overshadowed the white nationalists, yelling "Black lives matter" and playing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Police kept the protesters and counter-protesters separate, The Tennessean reports.

Murfreesboro was home to a larger gathering, with 600 white nationalists or more, USA Today reports. One family was seen doing Nazi salutes, according to The Tennessean. The event also attracted counter-protesters, who yelled "refugees are welcome here," "this is what democracy looks like," "Nazis go home," and "shame."

Armed police officers and helicopters came to both rallies to prevent violence, CBS reports, and people were screened for weapons at safety checkpoints. So far, no violence has been reported, according to The Tennessean.

These are two of many white nationalist rallies to take place recently, including August's Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally, where a car driven by a white nationalist protester killed counter-protester Heather Heyer. The "Free Speech Rally" in Boston on August 29 saw over 40,000 counter-protestors, who the police said overwhelmed the white nationalist protestors by over 99%. What’s more, these events have been widely condemned by people of all different political leanings. One "free speech" rally in San Francisco was cancelled, Time reports, leading to an event consisting mostly of counter-protesters with signs reading "Fascism Shall Not Pass" and "Will Trade Racists for Refugees."